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Bored with your current occupation? Looking for a new career path? I may have found the answer.
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Think how impressive the title of Rat Czar will look on your resume.
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Motivated and bloodthirsty? I know a few people who would be perfect.
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Poor little guy. He’s just struggling to find an affordable apartment like the rest of the New Yorkers .
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It’s not often badassery is rewarded. Apply today!
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Yes, there really was an end to our visit. Much as I didn’t want to, we had to leave eventually.
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And leaving meant walking the rim trail.
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Which follows the edge of the chasm but from a much higher level.
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The grand flume.
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Most of the trail was through the woods with a few peaks of the water like this.
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When a tree falls in the forest? Doesn’t matter if you hear it or not… let it be. The critters will thank you.
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One more scenic vista..
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One more cross walk…
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And you’re back on the main road bridge.
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Which affords one last beautiful view.
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If you’re ever in Keeseville, New York visit the Grand Canyon of the East at Ausable Chasm.
It really was awesome!
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You thought you were done looking at rocks?
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Not quite.
I forgot one of the best parts of the Inner Sanctum trail at Ausable Chasm….
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The wall of moss.
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The husband went in for a close up… so you know it had to be good.
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A solid wall of perpetually wet moss. It was amazing.
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I loved it.
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Me.
Loving it.
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Thankfully it was a warm late October day and the bridge wasn’t iced.
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And though I didn’t want to leave, we’d reached the end of the trail and it’s giant knee pain inducing stairs.
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A final look at the trail from above.
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Are you tired of rock filled posts?
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Then you’ve come to the wrong blog.
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The Inner Sanctum trail at Ausable Chasm is well named as we were surrounded by cliffs and rushing water …. blissfully alone with the grandeur. A veritable rock sanctuary.
But all good things must end and this staircase was the beginning.
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One last look around before we climbed up.
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And I won’t lie, it was hard to leave this fabulous trail.
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Spending the day here made us feel small, in a good.. we’re just tiny specks in the universe… way.
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Mother Nature is a marvelous architect.
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And we enjoyed every minute.
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I know it feels like I took picture every time I took a step, and okay… maybe I did. But I’m not posting all of them, I promise.
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The rock faces and cliffs were just too spectacular not to share.
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Thankfully we didn’t have to cross this bridge.
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Though my husband sure wanted to.
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I’ve often thought he was part mountain goat.
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The power of water and erosion is hard to miss at Ausable Chasm.
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It’s literally everywhere.
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As was I.
Shown here loving on some rocks… with the sun’s rays giving me a high five.
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A truly glorious place.
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Ausable Chasm is awesome, no doubt about it.
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And the Inner Sanctum trail is one of the most awesome I’ve ever taken.
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It literally hugs the edge of the rocks and affords some fabulous views.
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Bridges cut back and forth across the canyon..
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And even my non picture taking husband was happily snapping away.
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It was stunning.
Gorgeous.
Impressive.
Remarkable.
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And yeah, most definitely awesome.
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Me. Enjoying the rocks and awesomeness.
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Visiting off season was perfect. We almost had the whole place to ourselves.
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Rocks!
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There’s the husband, still upset he couldn’t do the rope bridges and rafting adventure part of the chasm.
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We were really enjoying this hike alongside the chasm.
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There was something stunning around every corner.
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Though at times my knee strongly disagreed.
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Here’s the husband.
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He might be a senior citizen, but he was still upset he couldn’t cross that rope bridge.
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The path that’s cut into the rock alongside the chasm is spectacular.
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And I was loving every minute of it.
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Surrounded by towering rocks. How could I not?
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This open metal bridge was a little hairy. And while I’m not afraid of heights, looking straight down through it was a tad stomach flipping.
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Onward…
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Our day trip destination in New York was the little town of Keeseville, home to the Grand Canyon of the East.
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We’d driven by this place on a previous vacation and vowed if we were ever back in the area we’d stop and explore.
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In case you can’t zoom in, one of the best tourist attractions of the Adirondacks is under the C in Lake Champlain. Au Sable directly translates to “of the sand” which makes sense since the chasm is a giant sandstone gorge.
Looking forward to taking some good pictures, I was extremely glad cameras are smaller and lighter than they used to be.
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After buying tickets and taking a quick look at the little history museum, we headed out over the bridge which was impressive in and of itself.
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Entering the site, it felt like they knew I was coming.
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There are multiple paths and trails but they all start here.
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And like good tourists, we followed the yellow brick road.
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Okay, we followed the yellow wooden squares… so sue me.
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The first open outcropping looked back toward the bridge. And after that?
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I knew my knee would not be happy.
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It’s a shame they even have to post warnings like that, but you know some bozo bonked someone on the head down below at one time or another.
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This was our first look at the chasm.
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And I have to say I was hooked.
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I was also glad it was off season and the “adventure trail” was closed.
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Because that’s a bridge I had no interest in crossing.
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Yours truly was born in New Jersey and my late father was Vice President of a Wall Street firm. We spent a lot of time in the city…. and I never ceased to be amazed at the resiliency of New Yorkers.
They adapt and barrel through life with a determination to be admired.
Case in point? The new law stating only dogs who fit in a bag will be allowed on the subway.
New Yorkers heard….
And in true Big Apple fashion, adapted.
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What I love most about these pictures? Even the dogs are New Yorkers.
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Best. Use. Of. L.L. Bean bag. Ever.
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And while all of those dog in bag shots are wonderful?
I think this last one wins the prize.
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Because we all need a little chortle now and then.
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I hear ya sister.
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This is a brilliant idea.
I shall be cc’ing the CDC immediately.
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That’s pretty much been our last 10 months. You?
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Rode hard and put away wet.
Yup.
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This is almost too true to be funny.
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Wish that happened when I tried it.
Though I do firmly believe in sanitizing from the inside out when it comes to tequila….
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